House Oversight takes DoD to task for failing FITARA scores

Federal Times: The most recent FITARA scorecare landed with a resounding thud on June 13, as most agencies either saw little improvement or, in some cases, drops in compliance since their last evaluation.

Only four agencies improved since the last information technology assessment in December 2016, the biggest swing coming from USAID, who turned its previous D+ grade into an A+ in the new assessment.

The lack of improvement is thought to be tempered by the transition of a new administration in addition to new grading guidelines implemented for Scorecard 4.0 — including using Office of Management and Budget data center optimization metrics as part of its data center grade.

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